Even Trading Floor Diehards Are Now Embracing Work From Home
- Changing attitudes in Japan point to an enduring global shift
- Brokerage employees say they’ll work remotely after pandemic
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For a sense of how dramatically perceptions of remote work are changing in the coronavirus era, consider Koji Motokawa.
Like many traders in office-obsessed Japan, the deputy head of fixed income at Mizuho Securities Co. had never even considered working from home until the pandemic hit. Now, for the first time since he stepped onto the trading floor 25 years ago, Motokawa spends at least one day a week outside the office and plans to keep it up.